Chapter33: One Alpha and Then Another

*Rose* “Where are we going?” I ask Reece as he leads me up yet another flight of stairs. This is the third or fourth. I’ve lost count. “I told you, darlin’, it’s a surprise,” he says, and I hear the humor in his voice. I keep walking, even though I’m starting to grow a little weary of climbing, especially in the heels that Vienna laid out for me. I’m wearing a dress with a wide skirt and lots of layers, too, so that doesn’t make it any easier to go up the stairs. At the top of the next flight of stairs, Reece pauses at a door. “All right, are you ready?” “I’ve been ready!” I tell him with a grin. He chuckles and pushes the door open. Through the open door, I see the night sky and a field of a thousand stars twinkling down above us, but that’s not all. As he leads me out, it becomes clear what he has in mind. There’s a blanket spread on the ground with a picnic basket, with tiny lanterns surrounding it to give us light, and then beyond that, is a four-poster bed with white curtains. “Yo